Category Archives: Some thoughts on self-inquiry

Man lives in a paradox.He is born in a loveless and selfish society and so trained to “act” in that direction which inevitably brings misery.To be free of misery and sorrow he has to “act” differently which does not bring misery and conflict.Any action from the false “i’ is limited and so brings conflict and sorrow.Life is action and one cannot live without action but we have to act in such a way that action does not bind us.Action which proceeds from false “i” is associated with doer-ship.If we can act without any idea,motive,purpose,goal,future orientation, there is no “doer” in such action and so there is no suffering or residue of action.When action leaves residue there is suffering and there will be reincarnation.Such action without the center of false” i” is possible when one surrenders to the whole without any demands for fruit of action.Action without the false “i” is possible for the who has gone beyond the limitations of the mind and love is possible for the one who has gone beyond all self imposed limitations.Root of conflict and suffering is due to life of action with limitations intact. and so there will be self interest in such action.The progeny of conflict like anger,greed,violence,fear,jealousy etc follow such action like shadow and cause suffering.In self-inquiry we inquire into this wrong action which is the root of all human problems.Unless we change the present way of action which is self centered,meditation will not happen to us however sincerely we try to do it.So doing self-inquiry with earnestness is sine-qua-non for meditation to happen spontaneously in which we realize the ending of sorrow way of life and action.